NFL Fantasy Football Week 13: Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em And FanDuel Picks

For standard leagues, I’ll pick some players outside the top 10 and 15 who I think will play well as well as some higher rated players who I see underachieving using this week’s ESPN rankings. I’ve got my FanDuel picks at the bottom.

Last week, I went 15-5 in my over and under achievers and 12-7 in FanDuel, let’s get to this week’s picks;

Underachievers

  • Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson:  He has been on a roll at home but don’t like his chances on the road at Minnesota.
  • New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees:  He is back home but the Carolina defense will keep his shaky season going the same.
  • New York Giants QB Eli Manning:  The Jets defense is pretty shaky but with no OL in front of him, I can see a few picks.
  • Atlanta Falcons RB Devonta Freeman:  You have to play him but the Tampa Bay defense has been great stopping the run.
  • St Louis Rams RB Todd Gurley:  His fantasy totals have been a constant downturn the past 4 weeks and I do not see him turning it around against the Cardinals.
  • Seattle Seahawks RB Thomas Rawls:  He will get the touches but expect him to struggle against the Vikings.
  • Denver Broncos WR Demaryius Thomas:  He caught 1/13 last week, something is very wrong here.
  • Green Bay Packers WR Randall Cobb:  He has proven not to be a WR1 and now goes against Darius Slay of the Lions who is stopping everyone.
  • New Orleans Saints WR Brandin Cooks:  Welcome to Josh Norman island.
  • San Diego Chargers TE Antonio Gates:  He just doe not look healthy.

Overachievers

  • New York Jets QB Ryan Fitzpatrick:  He has the best 1/2 punch at WR and plays the awful Giants.
  • Miami Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill:  He is the king of garbage points and plays the Ravens.
  • Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler:  He is back home where is is best and should be solid.
  • Arizona Cardinals RB  David Johnson:  The Rams have been bottom 5 vs running backs the past 4 weeks.
  • Baltimore Ravens RB Buck Allen:  The Dolphins are poor and he should get 20 touches.
  • Houston Texans RB Alfred Blue:  He has been under the radar but is clearly the RB1 plus the Bills defense is overrated.
  • Oakland Raiders WR Amare Cooper:  The Chiefs defense continues to let WR1’s have huge games every week.
  • Indianapolis Colts WR Donte Moncrief:  He came back to life and get the Steelers who gave up 5 passing Td’s last week.
  • Baltimore Ravens WR Kamar Aiken:  He continues to be solid every week with a plus match up against the Dolphins.
  • Atlanta Falcons TE Jacob Tamme:  I expect the Falcons to stay safe this week in the passing game.

Here are my FanDuel picks for the week where I will give some higher and lower salaries I like at each position. As you will see, I will be focusing on the defenses to pick on:

QB

  • Cleveland Browns QB Austin Davis $5,400
  • Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler $7,000
  • New York Jets QB Ryan Fitzpatrick $7,300
  • Carolina Panthers QB Cam Newton $9,000

RB

  • Washington Redskins RB Alfred Morris $5,600
  • Arizona Cardinals RB David Johnson $5,900
  • Houston Texans RB Alfred Blue $6,000
  • Denver Broncos RB CJ Anderson $6,800
  • Carolina Panthers RB James Stewart $7,200
  • Pittsburgh Steelers RB D’Angelo Wiliams $7,200

WR

  • Miami Dolphins WR Devonte Parker $5,200
  • Oakland Raiders WR Michael Crabtree $6,600
  • New York Jets WR Eric Decker $7,200
  • Chicago Bears WR Alshon Jeffrey $7,700
  • Houston Texans WR DeAndre Hopkins $8,900

TE

  • New England Patriots TE Scott Chandler $5,300
  • Tennessee Titans TE Delanie Walker $6,000
  • Kansas City Chiefs TE Travis Kelce $6,200
Thank you for reading and have a great week. Feel free to ask any questions here or Twitter!
Mike Dietrich
Mike Dietrich is the fantasy football columnist for JetNation.
Mike Dietrich

Mike Dietrich is the fantasy football columnist for JetNation.

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